German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, left front, of Red Bull Racing led the pack at the start of the Japan Formula One Grand Prix as Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, right back, of Scuderia Ferrari crashed at the Suzuka Circuit in western Japan on Sunday.

German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, left front, of Red Bull Racing led the pack at the start of the Japan Formula One Grand Prix as Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, right back, of Scuderia Ferrari crashed at the Suzuka Circuit in western Japan on Sunday.

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany sprayed champagne into the face of third placed Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan in celebration after winning the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit on Sunday.

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany sprayed champagne into the face of third placed Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan in celebration after winning the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit on Sunday.

Police officers Monday stood guard as pedestrians walked past the Tokyo International Forum, the main venue for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, to be held held Tuesday through Sunday in Tokyo.

Police officers Monday stood guard as pedestrians walked past the Tokyo International Forum, the main venue for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, to be held held Tuesday through Sunday in Tokyo.

Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka received a call from Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Nada who congratulated him for winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine during a news conference in Kyoto on Monday.

Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka received a call from Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Nada who congratulated him for winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine during a news conference in Kyoto on Monday.